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SubjectRe: Motherboard design specifically for Linux
Please look at the Freedom CPU Project.
http://f-cpu.tux.org



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Robert Dale

Kenny's Dad: We've got a Coleco Vision plugged into the black & white TV.
Kyle: Oh my God, this is like a third world country!

(South Park)

Terry L Ridder wrote:
>
> Hello;
>
> I am interested in hearing what features people would
> want to have on a motherboard/mainboard designed from the
> ground up specifically for Linux.
>
> In talks with local Linux users in have already received the
> following suggestions/requests
>
> 1. OpenFirm Ware.
> 2. Geek port similar to the BeBox.
> 3. Common Hardware Reference Platform Compliant (CHRP)
>
> Hopefully this week I will have a Web Page up
> describing the effort of designing hardware all of which
> will be released under a hardware equivalent of the GNU GPL.
>
> The goal of the effort is to have a motherboard/design
> which anyone can build/manufacturer and design changes are
> feedback into future designs.
>
> Once the motherboard/mainboard is underway additional
> designs are planned.
>
> 1. Network Cards.
> 2. SCSI Cards.
> 3. Sound Cards.
>
> I would also like to hear suggestions concerning what types
> of cards should be designed.

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